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Ray Parrillo, Kevin Tatum and Shannon Ryan compile the local coaches' reactions, pretty much all positive, to the decision to move the three-point line back a foot.

But former Philadelphian, known Soft Pretzel Logic reader and CSTV.com men's basketball editor Bryan Graham makes a very interesting point: the ruling could be a big boost to major-conference teams.

He argues that since mid-major upsets are usually keyed by good guards who hit lots of perimeter shots, moving the line back could knock a few of those points off the board and favor the big-time players who are better at making shots from a foot farther back.

Your thoughts?

(Or your tumbleweeds?)

Comments (1)

Noah:

I think if they moved it back to the distance the NBA used we might see a significant difference. However, with the line only being moved back a foot I'm not sure there will be any significant competative imbalance.

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